That being said, with such a broad understanding of gender, a conclusion that there are multiple factors possibly influencing gender development is reasonable. Despite some refutation by more conservative groups, several factors such as biological, environmental, and social factors have been found in empirical research to work together in influencing the development of one’s gender identity.
Be that as it may, those opposed to the concept of seeing gender as a spectrum do not come to the debate empty handed. While the first instinct of most supporters of the gender identity spectrum is to assume the religious views of the opposed are too limited, religion is hardly the only point that is made. Beginning their argument with science, the opposed …show more content…
Dr. Frank Wright, President and CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters, establishes in an episode of his mini-series on YouTube, “Truths that Transform” that the term gender being distinct from …show more content…
Iervolino, and Robert Plomin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and King’s College respectively, supports this relationship. Some variance, according to the researchers, is to be expected when it comes to gender development. Therefore, it is normal for biological factors, along with other factors such as environment and socialization, to influence gender development at varying degrees. The existence of such variance within gender development provides an explanation as to why some children of one gender will act in a way that is typically associated with the other. In other words, the way in which the factors work together during a child’s development may lead to a female born child displaying behaviors that would otherwise be thought of as male born child typical and vice versa for male born children (Knafo, Iervolino, & Plomin, 2005). It is the prenatal hormones present during fetal development specifically, that directly impact a child’s development and have been revealed to be strong predictors of their eventual gender. Genetic factors altogether contribute to about 20% to 48% of a developing child’s gender variance. As a matter of fact, atypical gender development has been shown to be considerably heritable, accounting for about 37% to 62% of gender variance, although it effects female’s gender development slightly different than boys at 35% compared to
Be that as it may, those opposed to the concept of seeing gender as a spectrum do not come to the debate empty handed. While the first instinct of most supporters of the gender identity spectrum is to assume the religious views of the opposed are too limited, religion is hardly the only point that is made. Beginning their argument with science, the opposed …show more content…
Dr. Frank Wright, President and CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters, establishes in an episode of his mini-series on YouTube, “Truths that Transform” that the term gender being distinct from …show more content…
Iervolino, and Robert Plomin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and King’s College respectively, supports this relationship. Some variance, according to the researchers, is to be expected when it comes to gender development. Therefore, it is normal for biological factors, along with other factors such as environment and socialization, to influence gender development at varying degrees. The existence of such variance within gender development provides an explanation as to why some children of one gender will act in a way that is typically associated with the other. In other words, the way in which the factors work together during a child’s development may lead to a female born child displaying behaviors that would otherwise be thought of as male born child typical and vice versa for male born children (Knafo, Iervolino, & Plomin, 2005). It is the prenatal hormones present during fetal development specifically, that directly impact a child’s development and have been revealed to be strong predictors of their eventual gender. Genetic factors altogether contribute to about 20% to 48% of a developing child’s gender variance. As a matter of fact, atypical gender development has been shown to be considerably heritable, accounting for about 37% to 62% of gender variance, although it effects female’s gender development slightly different than boys at 35% compared to